Priya Pillai
The Priya Pillai offloading of January 2015 was an incident in India where an environmental activist was offloaded from a flight in order to prevent her from testifying internationally on the activity of a firm registered in the UK.
Later, the Ministry of Home Affairs (India) argued that her deposition before a British parliamentary committee would have been "prejudicial to national interest"
In its judgment, the Delhi High Court observed that dissent "may not be palatable; even so, it cannot be muzzled."
The incident has been widely discussed in India as evidence suggesting a possible trend towards eroding Freedom of expression in India under the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
International media has also been critical of the Narendra Modi Government.
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- 2010-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z
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